Publications by authors named "H E Amandus"
Objective: The Violence Prevention Community Meeting (VPCM) is a specialized form of community meeting in which avoiding violence and promoting non-violent problem solving and interpersonal civility are focal points. A nationwide study to assess the VPCM as an effective intervention to reduce workplace violence was undertaken.
Participants: Seven acute locked psychiatric units of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) throughout the United States participated in the study.
Background: Robbery-related homicides and assaults are the leading cause of death in retail businesses. Robbery reduction approaches focus on compliance to Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) guidelines.
Purpose: We evaluated the level of compliance to CPTED guidelines specified by convenience store safety ordinances effective in 2010 in Dallas and Houston, Texas, USA.
Problem: The homicide rate of taxicab-industry is 20 times greater than that of all workers. A NIOSH study showed that cities with taxicab-security cameras experienced significant reduction in taxicab driver homicides.
Methods: Minimum technical requirements and a standard test protocol for taxicab-security cameras for effective taxicab-facial identification were determined.
Article Synopsis
- A study revealed that psychiatric nurses face significant violence, with 20% experiencing physical assaults and 55% facing verbal assaults within a work week.
- The research aimed to evaluate risk factors for patient aggression towards nurses, analyzing data from 284 nurses in eight locked psychiatric units over three years.
- Findings showed an overall rate of 0.60 for verbal aggression and 0.19 for physical aggression, with higher rates occurring during evening shifts and with more patients having personality disorders.
Background: Driving a taxicab remains one of the most dangerous occupations in the United States, with leading homicide rates. Although safety equipment designed to reduce robberies exists, it is not clear what effect it has on reducing taxicab driver homicides.
Findings: Taxicab driver homicide crime reports for 1996 through 2010 were collected from 20 of the largest cities (>200,000) in the United States: 7 cities with cameras installed in cabs, 6 cities with partitions installed, and 7 cities with neither cameras nor partitions.